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Phoenix

Ancient Greek and Roman mythology

Phraseologism: Phoenix.

Meaning: A symbol of eternal rebirth and renewal.

Origin: The Phoenix is a legendary sacred bird of the ancient Egyptians. Later, this myth became known in Ancient Greece, where it was told in two versions: Phoenix is a bird covered with bright red, almost fiery plumage, which flies to Egypt every five hundred years, to the temple of the sun god Ra. There, this bird is solemnly burned, but it is reborn from the ashes again and flies to India on the fortieth day. According to other legends, this sacred bird itself burns itself in its nest, and then is reborn and flies out of the nest, but already completely renewed, young. Hence the expression "to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes" - to perish, but miraculously come to life, be reborn. K. F. Ryleev ("A. P. Yermolov"): "And throwing off the chains of slave fear, // Like a young Phoenix, // Greece will rise from the dust."

Random phraseology:

Dance from the stove.

Meaning:

To do something, starting from the usual place, from the beginning.

Origin:

It is believed that the turn to dance from the stove came into the Russian literary language from the unfinished novel of the raznochinets writer V. A. Sleptsov "The Good Man" (1871). The hero of the novel, Terebenev, returns to his homeland after fruitless wanderings around Europe. He dreams of serving the people and remembers the pictures of his childhood, in particular, how he was taught to dance. When he lost time, he was forced to return to the stove again and start all over again. Remembering the scene at the stove, Terebenev understands that he needs to return to his home, to the old tiled stove, and start a new life there. However, according to other linguists, despite the fact that the expression to dance from the stove became widespread thanks to the novel "The Good Man", V. A. Sleptsov cannot be considered the author of the turnover. The custom to learn to dance from the stove was well spread in Russia of the last century in noble families. Thanks to the popularity of this custom, the expression to dance from the stove in a figurative sense also came into use. At the beginning of the XX century. the variant of the turnover was also known to dance not from the stove - “to do something out of habit”, “to find it difficult doing something for the first time”.

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